Usb Mic Problems

theBIGone · December 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">almost no voice</div> I just installed my new logitech USB headset 20. and it works fine outside of half-life. but when i try to talk in half-life. my voice is only partially send ingame. i know because i used voice_loopback 1. the little screen telling you, you are talking goes on and of every half second.

when i try my normal mic. i have no problems. but i want to use my headset. what can i do??

operating system:

- amd 2000+
- nvidia gf 4 mx440
- windows XP
- openGL 1024*768

HEEEELP

Immacolata · December 2003

Using WON or Steam half-life?

VeNeM · December 2003

update your sound card, xp, etc. also, I think theres a thing to see how much resources the ubs ports are using somewhere in windows. what else is on the usb port?

Depot · December 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (theBIGone @ Dec 12 2003, 05:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>I just installed my new logitech USB headset 20. and it works fine outside of half-life. but when i try to talk in half-life. my voice is only partially send ingame. i know because i used voice_loopback 1. the little screen telling you, you are talking goes on and of every half second.

when i try my normal mic. i have no problems. but i want to use my headset. what can i do??

operating system:

- amd 200+
- nvidia gf 4 mx440
- windows XP
- openGL 1024*768

HEEEELP</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
As I run a USB mic on XP and have similar problems I feel qualified to comment. Prior to going ingame open "Sound and Audio Device Properties" and click on "Audio" tab. In "Sound recording"'s dropdown box ensure your USB mic is selected, and also the "Volume" is maxxed.

theBIGone · December 2003

Both on steam and on WON I have the problem..

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Posted on Dec 12 2003, 05:48 AM
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update your sound card, xp, etc. also, I think theres a thing to see how much resources the ubs ports are using somewhere in windows. what else is on the usb port?

i dont have anything else on usb at the moment.. nothing else installed aswell. and my system is fully updated. I also tried to max te volume.. vut that doen't work neither. any other suggestions?

tnx

joost

theBIGone · December 2003

i'm still having the problem can anyone help me???

Zerogreat · December 2003

So you say that when you press the talking button in HL, that speaker (or what it is) icon seems to be turning itself on/off each half second? That is strange, i think that icon is not affected by the microphone sending/not sending sounds. Have you tried to bind it to some other key?

theBIGone · December 2003

no but the strange thing is that when i put in a normal mic, via mic entrance in my onboard soundcard it works just fine. but whe i say something with voice_loopback 1, and my usb headset. for example "hello people" . only "he.. pe..le" comes trough.. i tried binding other keys, but why because another mic just seems to work. microsoft voicerecorder, records everything clearly aswell, so it must be a HL problem.

any onther ids?

tnx

Depot · December 2003

Yeah, bind it to a different key.

Spooge · December 2003

Wasn't there a program that installed in a recent HL update that configured mic volume? I'm at work so I don't recall the name but it should be in the HL directory.

Tried that yet?

i2av · December 2003

whats your cl_cmdrate?

make it like 30 should fix your cutting out problem

devicenull · December 2003

Go into a lan game (Start NS and click create server)
Now turn on voice_loopback and try your mic
If the icon is still flashing on and off, you have a keyboard problem.
If it stays on, your config and rates are messed up.

Try this too: Options>Voice> Test Microphone
see how that sounds

Try updating your sound card and keyboard drivers

theBIGone · January 2004

hmm. i tried the key binding, the cl_cmdrate change, the update of my keyboard drivers, and i hava a onboard soundcard. so if there are any drivers available, i dont know where. and i also tried the langame. but with all those changes, i still get the same problem.

i'm getting desperate

help me

tnx
joost

theBIGone · January 2004

i now bought a cheap soundcard, but still with this card.. it doesnt work..because its an usb mic. it has a soundcart intergrated in it

devicenull · January 2004

This is a long shot, but check for interrupt confilicts.
Run a program like Ad-Aware to scan for spyware
Are you using any special keyboard programs?

theBIGone · January 2004

I run ad-aware weekly, and it isn't a keyboard problem. when i put in a microphone with a jack plug. it works just fine. so it is a problem with the usb..

theBIGone · February 2004

ok i found out that without the hl upgrade 1.1.1.0 , i can use my mic.. so thats version 1.1.0.4. and valve said to me it didn't support usb mic's. so they take out a function they already had??. aarg i want my mic to work any ids?

Alcapwn · February 2004

If im right HL DOES support usb mic-mine works right. It a logitech Headset originally for the ps2, but it works in HL too.

theBIGone · February 2004

yeah but that is the strange thing i have a usb headset aswell. and mine doensnt work, and it is not a problem with my pc, because i testet it on others aswell.

theBIGone · February 2004

aarg. i've entered a same post on the steam forum, and i've noticed this is one of those problems steam has simply no answer too. do you?

theBIGone · March 2004

i'm sorry guys but i bring the problem back. it still isn't solved. is there someone with a bright idea?

Nophel · April 2004

Sorry to bring this back, but I'm having the same problem, and this guy's question was never answered.

Basically I've tried:

-Updates
-Analog Mic (this works perfectly)
-Keyboard (not the problem)
-No hardware conflicts
-No software conflicts
-Toyed with almost every cl command in console

Nothing seams to work. If anyone has any ideas as to how to fix the "choppyness", then I'm all ears. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif' />

theBIGone · April 2004

funny you bring this up now. yesterday i've made a topic wich i contains the solution. check it out:

<a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=67374' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/in...showtopic=67374</a>

let me know if it worked

Mop · April 2004

i have a similar problem, i have about 16 different audio in, its set the mic and in the hl test the mic works but in game all i see is !

theBIGone · April 2004

thats normal..

try entering voice_loopback 1 in the console. you should hear youself. if this isn't working check if your mic isn't muted in windows

Nophel · April 2004

I've tried everything so far with no luck.

I can hear myself sometimes and sometimes not. It's not FPS related and my netgraph is always green and leveled so I'm mostly sure it's not lag or an fps problem. I can't think of anything else except Steam doing something.

I mean my mic worked perfectly with WON. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif' />

theBIGone · April 2004

can you hear your voice with voice_loopback 1 in one game?? or can you hear it like. He..o i.. joo.. like a bit choppy.<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' />

Disco_StU123 · April 2004

hey guys , ive just purchased a USB 300 logitech headset ,
and i have the same problems ,

that voice_dsound 0 does work , but u have to do it each time u wanna play ns with a mic + you have to wait for another map to load up <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' />

any1 got a solution ??

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